LESLEY YENDELL, BENEDICTE CLEMENTSEN, NORA TINHOLT & MARIA DOS MILAGRES
A chance to see the live art works created by these four artists during the FEM_12 artists in residence programme at L’Estruch, Space for Performative Practices, Sabadell & co-produced with L’Estruch & Accion!MAD, Madrid.
TUESDAY 20th NOVEMBER 2012 20h -21 30h
CCDFB LA BONNE, C/ SANT PERE MÉS BAIX 7, BARCELONA
PERFORMANCE INTERACTION
ESTHER FERRER. SPAIN/FRANCE
A performance by Esther Ferrer, produced as part of Cara a Cara performance programme at the CCDFB la Bonne (Barcelona) in co-production with the Antoni Tàpies Foundation (Barcelona). www.arteleku.net/estherferrer INVITATION TO TAKE PART
The audience is invited to take part in a Face to Face session of questions and answers with Esther Ferrer after her performance.
SUNDAY 25th NOV – WEDNESDAY 19th DEC 2012
CENTRE CULTURAL LA MERCÈ, PUJADA DE LA MERCÈ 12, GIRONA
EXHIBITION INTERACTION
YOKO ONO. JAPAN/EE.UU
Yoko Ono is an artist whose thought provoking work challenges people’s understanding of art and the world around them. From the beginning of her career, her work encompassed performance, instructions, film, music and writing. MY MOMMY IS BEAUTIFUL
Yoko Ono’s work, My Mommy is Beautiful is a tribute to all Mothers of the World from each of your children; a celebration of the love that nurtures us all. INVITATION TO TAKE PART
Visitors are invited to write a thought or memory about their mothers, or bring a photograph, and attach it to the canvases. Very quickly, the canvases become completely covered in memories and messages, which soon cover the walls as well. PRIVATE VIEW: SUNDAY 25th NOVEMBER 2012 at 17H
The opening times are: 9h -14h & 17h – 20 30h (Mon -Fri)
Guided visit every Thursday and Friday from 17h -19h www.mymommyisbeautiful.com www.imaginepeace.com
TUESDAY 27th NOVEMBER 2012 12h – 14h
FACULTY OF FINE ARTS
C/ PAU GARGALLO 4, SALA D’ACTES, UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA
CONVERSATION INTERACTION
MONICA ROSS, BENEDICTE CLEMENTSEN AND DENYS BLACKER WITH ASSUMPTA BASSAS.
FEM artists talk about their work. Organised in collaboration with Duoda, Women’s Investigation Centre and the History of Art Department (University of Barcelona). INVITATION TO TAKE PART
The audience is invited to take part in the discussion.
TUESDAY 27th NOVEMBER 2012 20h – 22h
CCDFB LA BONNE, C/ SANT PERE MÉS BAIX 7, BARCELONA
DOCUMENTARY
LEONORA CARRINGTON & THE SURREALIST GAME
Directed & presented by Javier Martín-Domínguez
Spain/2012/HD/colour/80 minutes
Introduction by Mªjose Gonzalez.
A unique chance to see this recently released documentary that recounts the life story of the brilliant British born artist Leonora Carrington who died in 2011 at the age of 94. INVITATION TO TAKE PART
Meet the director and take part in a discussion after the screening. www.timezoneproducciones.com/leonora_carrington/trailer.php
WEDNESDAY 28th NOVEMBER 2012 17h -18 30h
FUNDACIÓN ANTONI TÀPIES, C/ ARAGÓ 255, BARCELONA
VIDEO INTERACTION
HELOÏSE PERFUNDET OMNIA LUCE DE ELENA DEL RIVERO
Presented by Assumpta Bassas with Marta Vergonyós (Artist), Anna Santmartí (Filmmaker), Maria-Milagros Rivera (professor & writer) & Remei Arnaus. The video was produced by Duoda, Women’s Research Centre, (UB) and the Catalan Women’s Institute. Organised In collaboration with Antoni Tàpies Foundation, Barcelona as part of Re.act.feminism – A Performing Archive.
WEDNESDAY 28th NOVEMBER 2012 18 30h -20h
FUNDACIÓN ANTONI TÀPIES, C/ ARAGÓ 255, BARCELONA
CONVERSATION INTERACTION
MONICA ROSS
An open conversation with the artist on the subject of Freedom of Expression and Courage. Organised In
collaboration with Antoni Tàpies Foundation, Barcelona as part of Re.Act.Feminism – A Performing Archive. INVITATION TO TAKE PART
The audience is invited to take part in the discussion and to share their ideas and opinions.
THURSDAY 29th NOVEMBER 2012 10h -14h
CACC, SALA DE GRAUS, UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA
TALKING FEM INTERACTION
MONICA ROSS, MARILYN ARSEM, LUCíA PEIRO, ANGELA GARCíA, ANDREA SAEMANN, BENEDICTE CLEMENTSEN, AGNES NEDREGARD, NORA TINHOLT, MARíA DOS MILAGRES, LESLEY YENDELL & ANNE SEAGRAVE
Artists from FEM will each present a short audiovisual show about their work and explain some of the ideas and motivations behind their work. This is a wonderful chance to meet the artists and to find out more about their work. INVITATION TO TAKE PART
The public is invited to ask questions and to share their ideas with the artists.
30th NOV & 1st DEC 2012
CENTRO CULTURAL LA MERCÈ, GIRONA
VIDEOMATON INTERACTION
This year for the first time we have introduced the videomaton at the festival. The idea is that the public can film themselves in our special booth and leave a performative response to a particular theme. This year we are asking people to leave a message in response to the exhibition My Mommy is Beautiful by Yoko Ono. The title of the Videomaton for this year is “I Love You Yoko” and we will be making a DVD compilation of the best of yourperformance contributions to send to Yoko for her 80th
birthday. INVITATION TO TAKE PART
Come and film yourself and create a unique birthday message for Yoko Ono.
FRIDAY 30th NOVEMBER 2012 9h – 14h
CENTRO CULTURAL LA MERCÈ, GIRONA
WORKSHOPS INTERACTION
NORA TINHOLT, LUCIA PEIRO, AGNES NEDREGAARD & MARILYN ARSEM
We are offering a free programme of 90 minute workshops directed by FEM artists. The workshops are
open to (male and female) art students and professionals as well as sixth form art students. Only
limited places are available.
LUCIA PEIRO DAY BY DAY I TRANSFORM MY LIFE:
Possibilities of transforming everyday life with an artistic attitude.
FINA MIRALLES EXCHANGE
Proposing different routes to develop together.
AGNES NEDREGARD PERFORMANCE AS ENCOUNTER
Exploring body vocabulary with presence and awareness.
NORA TINHOLT PRESENCE
Perceiving and responding to our surroundings without prejudice.
MARILYN ARSEM RESPONDING TO SITE
Exploring our immediate reaction to different spaces.
ANDREA SAEMANN BODY INSIGHT OUT
The body and its potential to explore insight and expression.
TO TAKE PART PLEASE CONTACT montse@gresolart.com
FRIDAY 30th NOVEMBER 2012 16h – 16 30h
CENTRO CULTURAL LA MERCÈ, GIRONA
PRESENTATION
TEN MOMENTS, TEN WOMEN, MIRROR OF AN ARCHIVE
The launch of a new FEM collection of postcards, selected from the Arxiu Aire exclusively for FEM and featuring photographs documenting live art works by ten different women performance artists. The photographer and Arxiu Aire director Joan Casellas will present the postcards.
FRIDAY 30th NOVEMBER 2012 17h – 18 30h
CENTRE CULTURAL LA MERCÈ, GIRONA
CONVERSATION INTERACTION
JANE HAILE. ENGLAND
An open conversation led by Jane Haile on the subject of Who’s Standing up for Feminism?
A social anthropologist, she has more than 28 years experience working in international development, primarily with UNICEF, in Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, West Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans. Currently she is based in Brussels as an independent consultant working on gender, social development and human rights for the UN, the EU and bilateral donors. She is a mother and a grandmother. www.gendercentric.org INVITATION TO TAKE PART
The audience is invited to take part in the discussion and to share their ideas and opinions.
FRIDAY 30th NOVEMBER 2012 19h -21h
CENTRE CULTURAL LA MERCÈ, GIRONA
PERFORMANCE/LIVE ART
MARIA DOS MILAGRES. PORTUGAL
Her essay-actions refer to a place of re encounter between different worlds where life adjustments are
made by the displacement of the mental and physical space, creating an area between absurdity, dream and tragedy.
LESLEY YENDELL. ENGLAND/SPAIN
An English sculptor based in Spain, she has worked on various projects in Europe, most recently the exhibition ‘Transposers’ at MCAC (Northern Ireland). Her work is drawn from every day domestic objects and the domesticated landscape of the wine producing area of the Penedes. The processes involved in her sculptural work have led her to explore her ideas in actions and performative works. “Her works suggest stories, ask questions while at the same time oscillating between their various realities – a genuine melding of different disciplines to create some thing unique……” www.lesleyyendell.wordpress.com
BENEDICTE CLEMENTSEN. NORWAY
A visual artist, her work is multidisciplinary and often collaborative, her practice is centred in performance and installation. At present she is studying Fine Art at Bergen National Academy of Art. She has shown her work in festivals and galleries internationally. She co-produced the International
performance art festival ”Never or Now” (Bergen, 2011) and was founding member of the board for Performance Art Bergen. www.benedicteclementsen.com
ANGELA GARCIA. SPAIN
Experimental artist, performer, events organiser and independent promoter. She is a member of Sinberifora Cultural Association and helps organise the Arrt d’Accció Performance Art Programme in Octubre CCC in Valencia. Her art practice explores the relationships between space, words, letters and subtle gesture, rhythm and beat. Her work investigates the idea of the body as a sculptural material as well as awareness and context. She uses visual poetry, wordplay, objects, sounds as well as other experiments. www.myspace.com/angelagarciaj
ANNE SEAGRAVE. IRELAND/POLAND
An Irish artist based in Krakow, Poland she has presented her distinctive movement based live art, performance, video and installation work internationally for nearly 30 years She has won numerous awards for her work and has benefited from residency opportunities in Spain, Holland, Canada, UK, Poland and Ireland . As well as beingVa lecturer, she was for many years a freelance organiser of Live
Art events in Ireland. Her artistic practice aims to draw parallels between artists use of self Image across a variety of art forms and her current work features a combination of media: video, live action, drawn and painted images, photography, site-specific installation, printed texts and interaction with the audience.
MARINA TORRINGTON. SPAIN
A student at the Massana Schoolof Art in Barcelona, Marina is one of the young artists who were given a grant to go to the IPA performance Art Summer School in Istanbul, Turkey this summer as part of the FEM festival programme. She has presented her performances at the IES Alexandre Deulofeu and at
the festival Empordaneses as well as at IPA.
SUNDAY 1st DECEMBER 2012 11h – 12 30h
PLAÇA DEL VI, GIRONA
PERFORMANCE INTERACTION
MONICA ROSS. ENGLAND
Monica Ross produces drawings, performances, videos, text and multimedia works. They often arise from durational processes, sequential acts or events and explore experiencein the present and its cultural transition (or not ) into memory and history. ANNIVERSARY – AN ACT OF MEMORY
ANNIVERSARY – An Act of Memory is a performance series in 60 acts focusing on the importance and relevance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and features solo, collective and multilingual recitations from memory of UDHR by Monica Ross and Co-recitors. INVITATION TO TAKE PART
You are invited to take part in a collective recitation of the UDHR in Girona by learning and reciting individual articles in your preferred language. Everyone is welcome and we hope that the recitation will fully reflect the many voices and languages of local communities. You don’t have to be a performer or an actor.
TO TAKE PART PLEASE CONTACT: info@gresolart.com www.actsofmemory.net www.youtube.com/actofmemory www.facebook.com/actsofmemory
SUNDAY 1st DECEMBER 2012 10h – 11h
PLAÇA DEL VI, GIRONA
INSTALLATION INTERACTION
ÀNGELS ARTIGAS. SPAIN
Àngels Artigas will create an ephemeral circular work with aromatic plants that will become the stage for the recitation of Anniversary – An Act of Memory by Monica Ross.
SUNDAY 1st DECEMBER 2012 17h – 18 30h
CENTRE CULTURAL LA MERCÈ, GIRONA
OPEN WORKSHOP INTERACTION
LESLEY YENDELL. ENGLAND/SPAIN
We are offering this free 90 minute workshop for anyone (male or female) interested in learning a little about the practice of performance art. No previous experience is necessary for this class. Minimum age 16.
This a practical workshop exploring the initial ideas for making a performance. The participants must bring along a small personal object. Limited places available.
TO TAKE PART PLEASE CONTACT: montse@gresolart.com
SUNDAY 1st DECEMBER 2012 19h -21h
CENTRE CULTURAL LA MERCÈ, GIRONA
PERFORMANCE/LIVE ART
AGNES NEDREGARD. NORWAY
A performance artist committed to the live engagement with an audience through images and actions. She holds a Master in Fine Art from Glasgow School of Art (2005) and has shown her work in festivals and galleries in Europe, USA & Asia. She teaches, lectures and engages in projects promoting visual performance art and artists. She collaborates with Brazilian artist RaquelNicoletti as “Suspended”, and Scottish artist Moray Hillary as“Nedregard & Hillary”. www.agnesnedregard.com
NORA TINHOLT. HOLLAND
She has collaborated since 2010, with Japanese performance artist Toru Fujimoto. They both graduated
from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy. Her solo work will share her ideas ideas about play and reality, and
her discoveries about the relation between animal and human behaviour. Nora is invited in collaboration with To Be Present, Amsterdam. www.torunora.com/#506/vimeo
ANA MAESO. SPAIN
She has a master in Visual Art and Education from the University of Granada (2011). Her research is
centred in performance and live art as well as social intervention, audiovisuals, critical pedagogy, gender theory and creation and education as forces of social change. Her practise has included photography and video. She collaborates with art collectives, such as Espacio Auxiliar, Caterva Arte de Acción as well as Gresol Association, that produce and promote cultural events outside of the conventional art circuits. She was given a grant this summer to go to the IPA performance Art Summer
School in Istanbul, Turkey as part of FEM_12.
LUCIA PEIRO. SPAIN
She has a Degree in Fine Art from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. She has been involved in multidisciplinary and live art since the early 1990’s as well as visual and phonetic poetry.
She was a member of Comedor de Ideas with the Anca group. Since 2007 she has been a member of Sinberifora Cultural Association and and helps to organise the Arrt d’Accció Performance Art Programme in Octubre CCC in Valencia. She is also part of the group 3 i No Res with Bartolomé
Ferrando y Avelino Saavedra.
ANDREA SAEMANN. SWITZERLAND
Artist and curator working in Basel/Switzerland. She loves to work in artists initiatives and platforms. She was coordinator of Kaskadenkondensator, a space for contemporary art and performance in Basel (1997-2000). In 2001 in collaboration with Annina Zimmermann (art historian and art producer) she curated the outdoor project Helle Nächte and together with Lena Eriksson initiated the project space Ladypop in Basel. She worked together with Katrin Grögel (art historian) on Performance Saga
(2002-2011), a project that transmits and updates the history of Performance Art and promotes a dialogue between the generations.
MARILYN ARSEM. USA
Marilyn Arsem has been creating live events since 1975, ranging from solo performances to large-scale
interactive works incorporating installation and performance. She has presented her work throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North and South America. She is a full-time faculty member at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where she teaches performance art, and is a graduate adviser. www.marilynarsem.net www.mobius.org
A dream you dream alone is only a dream A dream you dream together is reality Yoko Ono
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